🎶 Ooooh, Christmas time… Tell me, tell me… What do Miss May Rose do? What do Miss May Rose do at Christmas? What do Miss May Rose do? Do she sit by the window all lonely, Waiting on somebody to come through? Oh, no! Miss May Rose got a family! She got plenty love around! Children laughing, something cooking, Christmas music playing loud! What do Miss May Rose do at Christmas? She got a whole lotta things to do! She can squeeze and please some other time— Christmas ain’t all about you! (Background ladies) No, no, no! Not today! Miss May Rose got Christmas on the way! She got pots on the stove, Got a cake getting done, Somebody running through the house While somebody else having fun. “Get out that kitchen!” “Who touched that pie?” Somebody sneaking another little piece Thinking May Rose ain’t gonna spy! Ohhhh— What do Miss May Rose do at Christmas? What do Miss May Rose do? She loving on her family, That’s what Miss May Rose do! Do she need some mistletoe? Well, maybe—but not tonight! She can squeeze and please some other time, Right now these Christmas lights gotta look right! (Background ladies) Straighten that star! Fix that bow! Who ate the cookies? Nobody knows! She remember Christmases long ago, People who ain't sitting here no more, Old songs bring their faces back Like somebody walking through the door. So she might get quiet for a minute, Might wipe one tear away, Then somebody yell, “Mama!” And bring her right back to Christmas Day. That’s love. That’s family. That’s what Christmas means to me. What do Miss May Rose do at Christmas? She ain’t sitting around feeling blue. She got babies she can hug on, And a family that loves her too. She can squeeze and please some other time, That ain’t what Christmas came to do. Christmas at Miss May Rose house— Baby, you better bring some food! (Background ladies) Bring a plate! Bring a chair! If you family, there’s some love in there! What do Miss May Rose do at Christmas? Now, honey, you already knew— She pray, she cook, she laugh, she love, And thank God they made it through. Another year… Another Christmas… Another chance to say— I love my family. I thank God for my family. And as long as we got one another… Miss May Rose ain’t lonely on Christmas Day. (Background ladies, fading) What do Miss May Rose do? She love her family… That’s what Miss May Rose do… Merry Christmas, y’all. Now get out my kitchen! 😂
